During the past couple of years I have accumulated a broad selection of variegated Angel Trumpets.  Brugmansia 'Grazie' was a new addition to my collection last summer and now it is starting to take off.     Although in the photo below, Grazie's foliage appears to have a slight resemblance to Maya, but when you put the two together you will see that Grazie's variegation is actually quite unique.Grazie was introduced by Monika Gottschalk, who discovered is as a variegated offshoot of ...

Last year I obtained a starter plant of Brumansia Super Rose and now it is finally large enough to bloom.Recently it produced its first bloom and so far I like what I see.Although this Angel Trumpet normally has layered double blooms, this particular bloom was stuffed and never dropped it's second skirt.  Brugmansia Super Rose is a Dorothea Langenberg introduction from a cross involving Charleston and L'Amour.  With that great parentage, I'm anxious to get this cultivar into my breeding ...

Take a pick-up truck load of 2 gallon sized pots, 1,500 to be exact.....and add a mountain of fresh potting soil.....along with a never ending row of overgrown brugmansia seedlings in one gallon pots........and throw in a bottle of ibuprofen for my aching back and you are looking at what is shaping up to be one very long weekend.  At first I had a helper lined up, but it looks as if I may be doing this solo...another work till you drop weekend!I'm motivated to get this project finished ...

One of the challenges of growing Angel Trumpets in Florida is that we are limited to what is known as the warm weather group of brugmansia.  Actually at times our weather is even too hot for them, but they manage to adapt. Keeping the cool weather group, Sphaerocarpium, alive in Florida can be a real challenge.  One of the cultivars that can be grown in Florida with some TLC is 'Mobisu'.I almost lost my Mobisu plant this summer due to fertilizer burn.  What was once a two foot tall plant, ...

I would like to officially introduce everyone to Brugmansia 'Amber Glow', a new brugmansia cultivar I recently registered. Amber Rose is the result of a cross between Brugmansia L'amour and Charles Grimaldi.This Angel Trumpet is what I would call an "over achiever".  I think it bloomed more than any brug in my collection last summer, including Inca Sun!The blooms start out a nice yellow and then turns a golden orange.  Like many orange/yellow Angel Trumpets, the color deepens in the cooler ...

The past few days I have been trying to organize my gardening photographs from last year.  We are talking about thousands of images as I have a habit of taking lots of pics.  I was surprised at the number or really awesome blooms my Angel Trumpet seedlings produced last season.  Seeing how I'm only a few weeks away from my plants entering into a late winter bloom-a-palooza phase, I thought I would share some photos from my 2010 brugmansia seedlings during the next couple of weeks.  Today ...

Our weather finally became the envy of the nation so I decided this weekend would be a great time to tackle a major nursery rejuvenation project. It was time to expand my growing area to accommodate more plants.  The first step was to clear the ground and treat the soil with a weed killer.  I opted to leave a couple of citrus tree stumps remain rather than crank up the chain saw.  I knew if I did that I would spend the day cutting down trees instead of finishing this task. Once the ground ...

While I was working in my Brugmansia forest over the weekend I noticed many of the plants are loading up with buds.  While it will be a couple of weeks until most of the new buds mature and open, a few have just started blooming.  Here's a new Angel Trumpet seedling that just bloomed for the first time.  It is from a cross I made between Brugmansia Butterfly x Angel's Exotic.It is a thick textured, wide body bloom with a flare to it.  I'm certain the color will deepen when the warm weather ...